Technical flaws in multiple-choice questions in the access exam to medical specialties ("examen MIR") in Spain (2009-2013).

BMC Med Educ · 2016 · PMC4741005 · PMID 26846526

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hedged sentences

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closest p · 0.0× alpha

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boldest claim

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highly significantp < 0.001actually significant

A highly significant improvement throughout the five years that were analyzed (from 10 to 4 %) is observed in Fig. 3g ( p < 0.001).

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a slight trendno p-value reported

Figure 4b shows a slight trend towards an increase in the percentage of items with their answer “hinged” to the answer of a related item, although the increase is not significant.

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near-significantno p-value reported

Only the issues that showed significant or near-significant changes throughout the years will be commented on in more detail.

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